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Source/publisher:
Norwegian Nobel Committee
Date of publication:
2018-12-10
Description:
"The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 jointly to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."
Nadia Murad, Denis Mukwege
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-11
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Women: discrimination/violence against, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Women's rights
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Now This, via Youtube
Date of publication:
2018-12-03
Sub-title:
subtitle
Description:
"Join Senator Bernie Sanders LIVE for a national town hall about the current state of our climate crisis. Senator Sanders will be joined by experts and environmental activists to discuss solutions for how we can combat climate change and protect the planet.
Joining Senator Sanders is actress and activist Shailene Woodley, author and founder of 350.org Bill McKibben, CNN host and author Van Jones, Union of Concerned Scientists Director of Climate Science Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, Congresswoman-Elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Earth Guardians Youth Director Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Scientific Director and CEO of Ecologic Institute Dr. Camilla Bausch, and Dale Ross, mayor of Georgetown, Texas."
US Senator Bernie Sanders, Shailene Woodley, Bill McKibben, Van Jones, Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Dr. Camilla Bausch, Dale Ross
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-11
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Date of publication:
2016-09-09
Description:
"Myanmar has a predominantly agricultural economy based on rice production, with 32% of the total rice area composed of unfavorable lowland areas. Salinity-affected rice-farming areas account for 2% of these unfavorable areas—almost 110,000 hectares—spread across different states and regions. The largest salinity-affected area is the Ayeyarwaddy Delta (59,818 ha), followed by Rakhine (28,600 ha), Taintharyi (7,573 ha), Yangon (7,346 ha), Mon (5,346 ha), and Mandalay (190 ha).
Since 2011, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), through the Consortium for Unfavorable Rice Environments (CURE), has been working with Myanmar’s Department of Agricultural Research (DAR) to develop suitable rice varieties for these challenging areas. Their fruitful collaboration has resulted in successfully developing and distributing to farmers seeds of three salinity-tolerant varieties—Sangnakhan Sin Thwe Latt, Pyi Myanmar Sein, and Shwe Asean.
Still, a team of researchers from IRRI and DAR continues to work hand in hand to identify new salinity-tolerant varieties and enhance rice production in the salinity-affected rice areas of Myanmar..."
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-09
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Rice
Language:
English
more
Source/publisher:
Climate State
Date of publication:
2018-10-19
Sub-title:
‘Hyperalarming’ study shows massive insect loss! By
Ben Guarino
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-06
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Biodiversity
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Climate Emergency Institute via Youtube
Date of publication:
2018-10-21
Sub-title:
Proofs of the acceleration of global warming
Description:
Presentation of graphs by NASA, GISS et. al
Dr Peter Carter
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-06
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Proximity Designs
Date of publication:
2016-06-01
Sub-title:
The Rice Ecosystem in Myanmar: Challenges and Opportunities
Description:
"Our intent in preparing this study
was not to repeat what a number of
agriculture sector reports have already
covered. We wanted instead to create
a unique, foundational body of
knowledge around smallholder paddy
farming practices across the major ricegrowing
regions of Myanmar.
The agricultural sector is immensely
complex, so we decided to focus
on the place where the majority of
smallholders make their primary
income. Paddy and rice is, arguably,
Myanmar’s most important economic
sector from an equitable growth
perspective and is expected to go
through a dramatic transition over
the next decade. A smooth transition
requires a deep understanding of
the issues.
We hope this report will support those
looking for opportunities to enhance the
incomes and well-being of smallholder
farmers in Myanmar.\"
Debbie Aung Din
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-04
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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pdf
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21.38 MB
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Source/publisher:
Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) via Youtube
Date of publication:
2017-12-07
Description:
Video: 18 minutes and 21 seconds.
"Myanmar is one of the most affected countries in the world by the negative effects of climate change. Events such as Cyclone Nargis, which killed more than 130,000 people, heatwaves in 2010, large floods in 2015 have disastrous impact on lives and economy of the country. Climate change increase the intensity and likelihood of these events. But there is also an invisible, treacherous side to climate change, which is transforming society. Sea-level is rising, salinizing water sources and farmlands; increased temperatures are affecting agriculture, pushing many to migrate. From the Delta area to to the mountains in the North, climate change threatens the way of life of Myanmar, and its development. But there are ways to adapt: through research, smart investment, planning, new agriculture and engineering, awareness. Myanmar's people can live and even thrive in the age of warmer days."
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-03
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Adaptation, Sea-level rise, Burma/Myanmar
Language:
Voice: Burmese; Subtitles: English
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Source/publisher:
Democracy Now via Youtube
Date of publication:
2018-11-26
Description:
"https://democracynow.org - Rep. John Lewis has become the most prominent Democratic legilsator to back incoming New York congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s call for a Green New Deal. The resolution would create a bipartisan committee that would work on a plan to bring the U.S. to a carbon-neutral economy and adopt 100 percent renewable energy. For more, we speak to Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org."
Bill McKibben, Amy Goodman, et al.
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Deutsche Welle (DW) Documentary
Date of publication:
2018-11-22
Description:
"For millennia, the Mu Ko Surin fishervolk have been fishing the Andaman Sea using traditional methods.
This small fishing community on a beach in the Ko Surin island group in Thailand belongs to the Moken tribe. For millennia, the Moken have been fishing the Andaman Sea, diving with spears down to depths of 40 meters. They have trained their lungs so that they can stay underwater for up to four minutes and even walk on the seabed. Years of diving without technical aids has sharpened their eyesight. The Moken used to live in their boats, moving from island to island and living mainly from catching fish and seafood, only staying on dry land during the monsoon season. But nowadays they live onshore all year round, because the Ko Surin National Park’s regulations forbid them to live at sea. So father Chao has turned his back on Moken tradition and moved to the mainland, whilst his son Nguei still tries to live according to it while he still can..."
Ulrike Bremer
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
US Global Change Research Program
Date of publication:
2018-11-24
Sub-title:
Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States Report-in-Brief
Description:
"The NCA4 Volume II Report-in-Brief presents
overall Summary Findings, an Overview that
synthesizes material from the underlying chapters,
and Executive Summaries for each chapter
of this volume.
The 186-page Report-in-Brief is available
as a downloadable PDF at https://nca2018.
globalchange.gov/downloads "
Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, K.L.M. Lewis, T.K. Maycock, and B.C. Stewart (eds.)
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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pdf html
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Source/publisher:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Date of publication:
2014-06-04
Description:
Unofficial translation
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-18
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Laws and bylaws/rules/regulations proposed (bills) and/or adopted in 2014
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
200 KB
Local URL:
2014-06-04-Counter-Terrorism_Law-en.pdf
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Source/publisher:
"Asia Times"
Date of publication:
2018-11-09
Description:
"In a policy shift, Thai PM Prayut Chan-ocha says state agencies will study the construction of a long-envisioned ocean-linking canal China craves for economic and security reasons...After demurring for years, Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-ocha last week ordered national planning and security agencies to look into building a possible canal across the narrow Isthmus of Kra in the kingdom?s southern region.
The canal is a major focus of a book I published last year, in which I argue that China will eventually lead efforts on the long-envisioned but never realized construction.
Indeed, the order came a month after China?s ambassador to Thailand confirmed the canal as part of his country?s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Beijing?s US$1 trillion flagship project for global economic expansion.
Although the BRI — including a ?Maritime Silk Road” — is a logical undertaking for the most relentless economy in history, less discussed is its possible role under a concurrent security-driven policy.
Consistent with much of China?s economic outreach in South and Southeast Asia since the turn of the century, its Silk Road can also be seen as a geo-political project aimed at power projection. The benign rubric of development, integration, and ?connectivity” — already challenged on the grounds of accompanying ?debt traps” — is thus subject to further scrutiny from a security standpoint.
The Silk Road?s architects likely include military as well as market analysts, projecting not only economic returns but the People?s Liberation Army?s (PLA) ability to prevail in a regional conflict..."
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-16
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
The Conversation
Date of publication:
2018-01-11
Description:
"Before the West started paying real attention to the Rohingya crisis, Myanmar?s democratic transition was something of a cause celebre. But in reality, the country is still under military sway, and the democratic West is still less influential in Myanmar than China. Beijing?s interests are still a decisive economic influence in the country, which is clearly a potentially crucial partner in China?s gargantuan Belt and Road initiative.To be sure, China is just one of Myanmar?s heavyweight international protectors, which also include Russia and India. These three countries all share certain urgent concerns, among them the threat of militant radical Islamism. Connections have been drawn between Rohingya militants and Pakistani extremist groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed, this just as Beijing is increasing pressure on Pakistan to curb its support for fundamentalist groups that could threaten Chinese interests in Asia.
As it surveys this troubling map ? which also includes an insurgency among the Uighur Muslims of China?s own Xinjiang province ? Beijing views Myanmar?s crackdown not as a domestic problem for a junior partner, but as another front in a wider struggle for stability.
And just as Myanmar fits into that particular Chinese strategy, it also has a part to play in various others..."
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-16
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
China-Burma relations
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Al Jazeera
Date of publication:
2018-11-15
Description:
"Expulsion planned for Thursday may not go ahead as Rohingya go into hiding while agencies warn return too dangerous...There is growing confusion over whether the planned forced repatriation of Rohingya Muslims back to Myanmar will begin on Thursday as planned.
Bangladesh began preparations to send back an initial group of Rohingya to Myanmar in line with a bilateral plan agreed by the two governments in October.
The move has been opposed by the United Nations? refugee agency and aid groups who fear for the safety of the ethnic minority.
The Rohingya themselves have also said they are terrified of returning to the Buddhist-majority country. Some have gone into hiding.
"It is not happening tomorrow as nobody wants to go back," Reuters news agency quoted one anonymous source as saying.
Bangladesh has deployed the army to the refugee camps ahead of the expulsion in a move Human Rights Watch said underlined the refugees? fear of return.
?Genocidal intent?: UN says Myanmar military leaders must face prosecution
"The Bangladesh government will be stunned to see how quickly interntional opinion turns against it if it starts sending unwilling Rohingya refugees back into harm?s way in Myanmar," Bill Frelick, the group?s refugee rights director, said in a statement..."
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-15
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Vox.com
Date of publication:
2017-09-25
Description:
"The Rohingya have been systematically driven out by the Myanmar government leading to the fastest growing humanitarian crisis in recent years."
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-15
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Discrimination against the Rohingya
Language:
English
more
Source/publisher:
Al Jazeera
Date of publication:
2018-11-15
Description:
"It comes as a huge relief for hundreds of thousands of Muslim-majority Rohingya who fled Myanmar as Bangladesh has announced that they will not be forcibly repatriated.
Bangladesh was scheduled to send back an initial group of 2,260 Rohingya from 485 families on Thursday, in line with a bilateral agreement between the two governments in October.
Many refugees had refused to return, fearing for their safety. The United Nations had urged Bangladesh not to send people back under the current circumstances.
Al Jazeera?s Mohammed Jamjoom reports from Cox?s Bazar."
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-15
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"The Guardian"
Date of publication:
2018-11-15
Description:
"Buses standing ready to return refugees to Myanmar but no one is willing to board...Bangladesh has conceded that it will be unable to voluntarily repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar as it had planned because it cannot find anyone willing to go back, though efforts to ?motivate” people to leave will continue.
Four trucks and three buses were stationed at Unchiprang camp in Cox?s Bazar on Thursday morning, ready to carry refugees who have been ?approved” to a transit camp by the border, but not one refugee was willing to board them. Most refugees on a list of those approved to return have gone into hiding..."
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-15
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Asia Center at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Date of publication:
2018-08-00
Description:
"In the wake of the 2016 and 2017 ?area clearance
operations” against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar?s
Rakhine State, this report explores the structure, training,
and ethos of the Myanmar armed forces to clarify the
implications and challenges of, as well as the prospects
for, a solution and an accounting for past events. Drawing
on an in-depth review of the literature, extensive field
experience, and interviews, the report is produced by the
Asia Center at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
as part of its effort to inform policy and strategies on
managing violent conflict....
Conclusion:
Myanmar has always posed very difficult challenges for the international community. For
decades, successive governments in Rangoon and Naypyidaw have strongly resisted external
pressures. Between 1988 and 2011, for example, public criticism, economic sanctions, and other
punitive measures failed to change the core beliefs and key policies of the country?s military
rulers. Indeed, such measures seemed only to antagonize the generals, encourage a bunker
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mentality, and make those in power even more resistant to change.318 At times, policies of dialogue
and engagement seemed to hold out greater promise, and some progress was made, but
more often than not Naypyidaw took whatever inducements were on offer and continued to
pursue its own agenda. The controlled democratization process that was launched in 2010, for
example, faithfully follows a seven-step transition plan that was conceived by the Tatmadaw
leadership fifteen years ago.319
Despite the advent of a quasi-democratic administration under Aung San Suu Kyi in 2016,
there are no signs that this pattern will change in the foreseeable future. The pro-military
constitution severely limits Aung San Suu Kyi?s freedom of action in key areas, notably those
relating to Myanmar?s security. She also faces other constraints. However, she has demonstrated
that, like the military officers who preceded her and still exercise influence over her
government, she holds firmly to the nationalist position that Myanmar and Myanmar alone
will decide what is best for the country and its people, according to its perceived interests and
priorities at the time. She clearly does not feel an obligation to conform to her public image
as a human rights icon, or to repay the debt that many in the international community seem
to feel they are owed for her rehabilitation and subsequent elevation to the de facto leadership
of the country.
With regard to the Rohingyas in particular, domestic factors will always be of paramount
concern to Myanmar?s civilian and military leaders, and at present there is no pressure from
within the country to soften their uncompromising approach. Indeed, as the International
Crisis Group has pointed out, there is currently a rare consensus between Aung San Suu Kyi,
her government, the armed forces leadership, and the wider population that the Rohingya
crisis continues to demand a very firm and consistent policy response. Given the Tatmadaw?s
strength, and the government?s weakness, the popular mood can only harden Naypyidaw?s
determination to decide its own agenda and timetable for any changes, regardless of external
pressures. This position may come at a high price but, as so often in the past, it will be paid if
that is seen to be the cost of preserving Myanmar?s stability, sovereignty, and independence.320
The international community can take a number of practical measures now to assist the
refugees in Bangladesh and document the abuses perpetrated against them. It is possible that,
at some stage, the Myanmar authorities may permit the delivery of adequate humanitarian
assistance to those communities still suffering in Rakhine State. Several largely symbolic steps
can also be taken to bring home to the Myanmar government, armed forces, and people the
impact of recent developments on majority world opinion. However, unless there are significant
shifts in attitude inside Myanmar, at all levels, a fair, durable, and long-term solution to the
Rohingya crisis, let alone a formal, legal accounting for the events of the past eighteen months,
will remain a distant prospect.
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-15
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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www via Google
Description:
About 3,260,000 results (November 2018)
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-14
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
International Crisis Group (Asia Briefing N°153)
Date of publication:
2018-11-12
Description:
"Bangladesh is poised to begin returning several thousand Rohingya refugees to Myanmar. This repatriation is unlikely to be voluntary and should not proceed. It
would not only violate Bangladesh?s international legal obligations and jeopardise the safety of the refugees, but risks triggering violence and greater instability on both
sides of the border. Bangladesh and Myanmar should immediately halt the plan. The UN, including the secretary-general?s special envoy and the UN refugee agency,should continue to firmly oppose it, both in public and in private, and establish a
process whereby Rohingya refugees are consulted about their future. The U.S.,
European Union (EU), Australia, Canada and others also should press Bangladesh
and Myanmar to halt the returns and instead work to create conditions conducive to
voluntary repatriation; those countries? participation at the 11-15 November ASEAN
summits in Singapore is an opportunity to do so..."
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-13
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
362.74 KB
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Source/publisher:
www via Google
Description:
About 939,000 results (November 2018)
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-12
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Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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About 928,000 results (November 2018)
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-12
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Individual Documents
Category:
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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English
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Source/publisher:
United States of America
Date of publication:
1787-09-17
Description:
"The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States. The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. Its first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress; the executive, consisting of the President; and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal courts. Articles Four, Five and Six embody concepts of federalism, describing the rights and responsibilities of state governments and of the states in relationship to the federal government. Article Seven establishes the procedure subsequently used by the thirteen States to ratify it. It is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force.
Since the Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended 27 times, including an amendment to repeal a previous one, in order to meet the changing needs of a nation that has profoundly changed since the eighteenth century. In general, the first ten amendments, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, offer specific protections of individual liberty and justice and place restrictions on the powers of government. The majority of the seventeen later amendments expand individual civil rights protections. Others address issues related to federal authority or modify government processes and procedures. Amendments to the United States Constitution, unlike ones made to many constitutions worldwide, are appended to the document. All four pages of the original U.S. Constitution are written on parchment..." (Wikipedia)
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-11
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Wally Broecker?s website
Description:
This site holds the full texts of a large number of Wally Broecker?s papers, articles and books on climatology, oceanography etc....
"Broecker?s areas of research include Pleistocene geochronology, radiocarbon dating and chemical oceanography, including oceanic mixing based on stable and radioisotope distribution. This includes research on the biogeochemical cycles of the element carbon and on the record of climate change contained in polar ice and ocean sediments.
Broecker has authored over 450 journal articles and 10 books. He is perhaps best known for his discovery of the role played by the ocean in triggering the abrupt climate changes which punctuated glacial time, in particular the development and popularization of the idea of a global "conveyor belt" linking the circulation of the global ocean. However, his contributions stretch far beyond the "conveyor"; his work is the foundation of carbon cycle science, and his applications of radiocarbon to paleoceanography are landmarks in the field. His work with chemical tracers in the ocean is integral to modern chemical oceanography; indeed, his textbook "Tracers in the Sea", authored with Tsung-Hung Peng, is still cited in the contemporary literature 25 years after its publication.
Broecker writes about his research, on mode changes in the thermohaline circulation: "We have clear evidence that different parts of the earth?s climate system are linked in very subtle yet dramatic ways. The climate system has jumped from one mode of operation to another in the past. We are trying to understand how the earth?s climate system is engineered, so we can understand what it takes to trigger mode switches. Until we do, we cannot make good predictions about future climate change." (Wikipedia)
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-09
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Date of publication:
1985-00-00
Description:
"This book is an outgrowth of an undergraduate course I
taught for students from Columbia College and Barnard College.
My approach was to trace the development of the Earth
from its roots in the Big Bang to its future in man?s hands.
At each stage I depict the important observational evidence
and attempt to show how it has been linked together into
hypotheses. I attempt to show that while in some cases this
evidence constrains us to a widely accepted single hypothesis,
in others the evidence is incomplete and permits a range of
competing explanations. It was my hope that in this way I
could bring my students to see that science is far from static.
Rather, it is a series of ongoing studies where all the evidence,
assumptions, and hypotheses are continually being reexamined
and where new information is regularly being added.
Many readers will surely ask why this book was not
published through the the usual channels. Beyond my liking
for the unconventional, there is an important financial reason.
For each book sold $2.50 will be returned to the Department
of Geological Sciences as repayment of typing and drafting
costs. After a year of negotiations with various publishers I
found this to be the only way I could recover these costs.
Thanks to computer layout schemes and laser printers, it is
now possible to circumvent the very high overhead associated
with conventional publishing.
I would like to thank Vicky Costello who patiently typed
and retyped the many drafts of this manuscript, and Patty
Catanzaro who drafted and redrafted the many figures. I also
thank the ten or so scientists who read through the
manuscript and made valuable suggestions. Finally I thank
the students in Geology 101 lx during the years 1981 to 1985.
They were the guinea pigs as well as the inspiration for this
project."
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-09
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English
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Government of the Union of Myanmar, Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management Central Committee
Date of publication:
2018-10-30
Description:
Unofficial Draft Translation by Landesa
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-06
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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pdf
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42.68 KB
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Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Date of publication:
2018-09-11
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-04
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Laws and bylaws/rules/regulations proposed (bills) and/or adopted in 2018
Language:
English
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pdf
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118.02 KB
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2018-09-11-VFV-amendment-en.pdf
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"Nature" (research letter)
Date of publication:
2018-11-01
Description:
"The ocean is the main source of thermal inertia in the climate system. During recent decades, ocean heat uptake has been quantified by using hydrographic temperature measurements and data from the Argo float program, which expanded its coverage after 2007. However, these estimates all use the same imperfect ocean dataset and share additional uncertainties resulting from sparse coverage, especially before 2007. Here we provide an independent estimate by using measurements of atmospheric oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2)—levels of which increase as the ocean warms and releases gases—as a whole-ocean thermometer. We show that the ocean gained 1.33±0.20×1022joules of heat per year between 1991 and 2016, equivalent to a planetary energy imbalance of 0.83± 0.11watts per square metre of Earth?s surface. We also find that the ocean-warming effect that led to the outgassing of O2 and CO2 can be isolated from the direct effects of anthropogenic emissions and CO2 sinks. Our result—which relies on high-precision O2 measurements dating back to 1991—suggests that ocean warming is at the high end of previous estimates, with implications for policy-relevant measurements of the Earth response to climate change, such as climate sensitivity to greenhouse gases and the thermal component of sea-level rise...Here we introduce a third method, based on changes in the abundances of gases in the atmosphere, which respond to whole-ocean warming through the temperature dependence of gas solubility in sea water. This method is not limited by data sparseness, because fast mixing in the atmosphere efficiently integrates the global ocean signal..."
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-02
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change science - multiple issues
Language:
English
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www via Google
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About 4,980,000 results (November 2018)
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-02
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Adaptation
Language:
English
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Government of the Union of Burma via "The Burma Code" Vol. X
Date of publication:
1958-08-08
Description:
?THE BURMA CODE”: INDEX OF VOLUME X (English texts only).....
Accrual of Interest (War-Time) Adjustment Act ...
Acquisition Act, LAnd ...
Acquisition (Mines) Act, Land ...
Agricultural Debts Moratorium Act ...
Agriculturists? Debt Relief Act Burma ...
Alienation Act, Land ...
Boundaries Act ...
Burma Agriculturalists? Debt Relief Act, Burma...
Burma Copyright Act ... .
Burma Land Purchase Act ...
Burma Patents and Designs Act, 1945 ...
Burma Patents and Designs (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1946 ...
Claims Act, Waste Lands ...
Control Act, Urban Rent, 1948 .. .
Copyright Act, Burma ...
Custodian of Moveable Property Act ...
Debts Moratorium Act, Agricultural ...
Debt Relief Act. Burma Agriculturists? ...
Designs Act, 1945, Burma Patents and ...
Designs (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1946, Burma Patents and ...
Estates Act, Government Management of Private ...
Goods Act, Sale of ... .
Government Management of Private Estates Act ...
Grants Act, State ...
Instruments Act, Negotiable ...
Interest Act ...
Interest (War-Time Adjustment) Act, 1947, Accrual of ...
Land Acquisition Act ...
Land Acquisition (Mines) Act ...
Land Alienation Act ...
Land Purchase Act, Burma ...
Leases (Termination) Act, Monthly ...
Liabilities (War-Time Adjustment) Act, 1945 ...
Loans Act, Usurious ...
Lower Burma Town and Village Lands Act ...
Management of Private Estates Act, Government ...
Money Lenders Act ...
Monthly Leases (Termination) Act ...
Moratorium Act, Agricultural Debts .. ..
Moveable Property Act, Custodian of ...
Negotiable Instruments Act ...
Patents and Designs Act, 1945, Burma ...
Patents and Designs (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1946 ...
Private Estates Act, Government Management of ...
Property Act, Custodian of Moveable ...
Property Act, Transfer of ...
Purchase Act, Burma Land ...
Registration Act ...
Registration (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1947...
Rent Control Act, Urban ... .
Sale of Goods Act ...
State Grants Act ...
Tenancy Act, 1946 .. .
Town and Village Lands Act, Lower Burma ...
Transfer of Property Act ...
Treasure Trove Act ...
Urban Rent Control Act, 1948...
Usurious Loans Act...
Village Lands Act, Lower Burma Town and ...
(War-Time Adjustinent) Act, Accural of Interest ...
(War-Time Adjustment) Act, Liabilities ...
Waste Lands Claims Act
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-02
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
"The Burma Code" Vol. X
Language:
English, Burmese/ မြန်မာဘာသာ
Format :
pdf
Size:
9.29 MB
Local URL:
burma_code_vol-x-tu.pdf
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Source/publisher:
homeproject
Date of publication:
2009-05-12
Description:
"We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth?s climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived to take a message of mobilization out to every human being. For this purpose, HOME needs to be free. A patron, the PPR Group, made this possible. EuropaCorp, the distributor, also pledged not to make any profit because Home is a non-profit film. HOME has been made for you : share it! And act for the planet." Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Date of entry/update:
2018-11-01
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Displacement Solutions, Ecodev
Date of publication:
2018-05-23
Description:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
"Globally three times as many people are now displaced annually because of extreme weather
events and climate change than those displaced due to conflict, with the vast majority of those
displaced living in developing countries, 81% of whom reside in Asia.
The movement and planned
relocation of people and communities from their homes and lands necessitated by the effects
of extreme weather events and climate change is rapidly becoming one of the greatest threats
to the enjoyment of human rights and to broader concerns of peace and security in Myanmar.
Climate displacement from both extreme weather events and climate change are set to pose
a particularly dramatic challenge for the people and government of Myanmar. According to
one survey, the country is currently ranked second out of 187 countries in the Global Climate
Risk Index for vulnerability to climatic natural disasters. Still reeling from the effects of Cyclone
Nargis in 2008, a decade on the country remains worryingly unprepared for dealing with
natural disasters and this will be only further compounded when considering the large-scale
displacement of populations which may occur as a result of climate change impacts such as
rising sea levels, coastal erosion and temporary or permanent inundation.
A recent report has
predicted that sea level in Myanmar will rise by up to 50cm by 2050.3
Apart from some low-lying
areas being permanently inundated, sea level rise will also affect season coastal flooding and
storm surge intensity during cyclones and tropical storms. Additionally, rising salinity levels, salt
water intrusion and ocean acidification will bring additional pressures to livelihood viability of
local communities living in these effected coastal regions.
Given the scale of the crisis affecting Myanmar, the government needs to develop pro-active,
appropriate preventative policies and capacities to specifically respond to climate displacement
threats from both extreme weather events and future climate change If not, millions of people
may be forced to flee their homes and lands along the country?s 2000km coastline. This
potential displacement catastrophe is only further compounded when populations living along
the country?s many rivers and waterways are impacted as floodplains become increasingly
uninhabitable, adding to the massive displacement that has already taken place due to decades
of conflict and disaster. While it is clear that millions will be affected by climate change in the
decades to come, there has been virtually no vulnerability mapping or planning in Myanmar to
identify at risk communities from climate displacement, nor assessments of potential locations
for resettlement. It is also not clear which, if any, targeted institutions, policies or programmes are
in place to support these communities."
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-30
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change - Burma/Myanmar: general, Burma: Internal displacement/forced migration of several ethnic groups., Sea-level rise, Burma/Myanmar
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
2.75 MB
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Source/publisher:
"Humanitarian Exchange Magazine" - The Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN)
Date of publication:
2018-10-00
Description:
"?These are primitive people. At the end of the day they will go where they are told to go.? These were the words of a senior UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff member in 1993, during a meeting convened to discuss potential solutions for the 250,000 Rohingya refugees who had recently fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh. The dismissive tone of the statement was emblematic of the organisation?s engagement with the Rohingya, which for many years showed limited respect for their rights and a readiness to abandon UNHCR?s own protection principles. Drawing on previously unpublished material from the UNHCR archives, this article shows how, in both the 1970s and 1990s, large numbers of Rohingya refugees were returned to Myanmar in a manner that was premature, involuntary and unsafe. The article concludes by asking whether a similar scenario could develop in relation to the 700,000 Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh in the second half of 2017..."
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-25
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Human rights issues, UN human rights bodies and mechanisms
Language:
English
Format :
html
Size:
82.27 KB
Local URL:
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Source/publisher:
"Refugees Deeply"
Date of publication:
2018-01-17
Description:
"As Rohingya refugees poured out of Myanmar into Bangladesh last fall, the two countries were already negotiating mass returns. This wouldn?t be the first premature repatriation of Rohingya, but today it reflects a trend of unsafe returns, says refugee expert Jeff Crisp...As demonstrated by the earlier experience of the Rohingya, the principle of voluntary and safe repatriation has never been universally respected, and it would be misleading to suggest these developments are entirely new. Even so, the scale and frequency of involuntary refugee returns in recent years suggest that a fundamental norm of refugee protection is now being challenged as never before...."
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-25
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"
Date of publication:
2018-10-09
Description:
"The UN?s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius, released on Monday, is a major advance over previous efforts to alert world leaders and citizens to the growing climate risk. But the report, dire as it is, misses a key point: Self-reinforcing feedbacks and tipping points—the wildcards of the climate system—could cause the climate to destabilize even further. The report also fails to discuss the five percent risk that even existing levels of climate pollution, if continued unchecked, could lead to runaway warming—the so-called ?fat tail” risk. These omissions may mislead world leaders into thinking they have more time to address the climate crisis, when in fact immediate actions are needed. To put it bluntly, there is a significant risk of self-reinforcing climate feedback loops pushing the planet into chaos beyond human control..."
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-21
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"Nature"
Date of publication:
2018-10-10
Description:
Authors:
Johan Rockström;
Benjamin Leon Bodirsky;
Brent Loken;
Charles Godfray;
Daniel Mason-D?Croz;
David Tilman;
Fabrice DeClerck;
Jess Fanzo;
Keith Wiebe;
Kimberly M. Carlson;
Line J. Gordon;
Luis Lassalettas;
Malin Jonell;
Marco Springmann;
Mario Herrero;
Max Troell;
Michael Clark;
Mike Rayner;
Peter Scarborough;
Rami Zurayk;
Sonja J. Vermuelen;
Walter Willett;
Wim de Vries...
Abstract:
"The food system is a major driver of climate change, changes in land use, depletion of freshwater resources, and pollution of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems through excessive nitrogen and phosphorus inputs. Here we show that between 2010 and 2050, as a result of expected changes in population and income levels, the environmental effects of the food system could increase by 50?90% in the absence of technological changes and dedicated mitigation measures, reaching levels that are beyond the planetary boundaries that define a safe operating space for humanity. We analyse several options for reducing the environmental effects of the food system, including dietary changes towards healthier, more plant-based diets, improvements in technologies and management, and reductions in food loss and waste. We find that no single measure is enough to keep these effects within all planetary boundaries simultaneously, and that a synergistic combination of measures will be needed to sufficiently mitigate the projected increase in environmental pressures."
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-15
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
more
Source/publisher:
European Union Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Description:
"Diverse geopolitical, market integration and techno-economic dynamics push for further interconnecting the higher voltage systems across countries and continents.
The best locations for the generation of renewable electricity are not uniformly distributed across the European continent and worldwide. Sizable renewable energy potential is concentrated in sites far from the power grid (e.g. offshore sea) or where grid transfer capacity is low. The energy production from renewable sources also greatly depends on local weather conditions.
To fully utilise these resources, the power grid must be enhanced to allow electricity to be transported to the main demand and storage centres. A more flexible, yet robust, transmission grid may be instrumental to interlink distant electricity markets and take advantage of the low-carbon resources temporal and spatial complementarity.
All the above may drive the realisation of a transcontinental higher transfer capacity system to transport large amounts of electricity over long distances. High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) technologies, due to their lower losses and smaller environmental impact, promise to be the cornerstones of such global power grid..."
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-15
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Renewable energy
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"Nature Communications" volume 9, Article number: 2894 (2018)
Date of publication:
2018-07-31
Description:
Abstract:
"North China Plain is the heartland of modern China. This fertile plain has experienced vast expansion of irrigated agriculture which cools surface temperature and moistens surface air, but boosts integrated measures of temperature and humidity, and hence enhances intensity of heatwaves. Here, we project based on an ensemble of high-resolution regional climate model simulations that climate change would add significantly to the anthropogenic effects of irrigation, increasing the risk from heatwaves in this region. Under the business-as-usual scenario of greenhouse gas emissions, North China Plain is likely to experience deadly heatwaves with wet-bulb temperature exceeding the threshold defining what Chinese farmers may tolerate while working outdoors. China is currently the largest contributor to the emissions of greenhouse gases, with potentially serious implications to its own population: continuation of the current pattern of global emissions may limit habitability in the most populous region, of the most populous country on Earth."
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-14
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change science - multiple issues
Language:
English
more
Source/publisher:
Real News via Youtube
Date of publication:
2018-08-01
Description:
"Climate scientist Michael Mann says that, under a business-as-usual scenario, the mass displacement of billions could trigger an unprecedented national security crisis"
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-14
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change science - multiple issues
Language:
English
more
Source/publisher:
MIT via Google
Description:
About 43,100,000 results (October 2018)
Date of entry/update:
2018-10-14
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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